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WWUS54 KMRX 082151
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
551 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
TNC007-121-129-143-145-082215-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-250508T2215Z/
MORGAN TN-RHEA TN-MEIGS TN-BLEDSOE TN-ROANE TN-
551 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM
EDT/515 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN...NORTHERN RHEA...
NORTHEASTERN MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN BLEDSOE AND SOUTHWESTERN ROANE
COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM EDT/450 PM CDT/, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPRING CITY, OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKWOOD, MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRVIEW, SPRING CITY, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK, EAGLE FURNACE,
GRANDVIEW, PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, HARRIMAN, MELVINE, ROCKWOOD, AND
MIDTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 341 AND
351.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MORRISTOWN.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3577 8510 3576 8507 3577 8504 3575 8503
3577 8494 3576 8492 3585 8474 3589 8471
3591 8468 3594 8470 3598 8457 3576 8445
3560 8504 3564 8512 3576 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 248DEG 16KT 3578 8480
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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